Ice Cage

Blue's Limited Transformation Effects

I thought blue's transformation effects normally remove abilites? Is the Problematic part of ice cage that it's just arrest and it doesn't 'transform' the creature?

Blue can transform creatures, but it can’r prevent abilities.

Blue Creatures Ice Cage Limited Transform

Blue Bend or Break Evaluation

Do you think a card like ice Cage is a break for Blue?

It’s more bend than break. Blue can turn a creature into a vanilla creature, but it can’t normally prevent activated abilities.

Bend / Break Blue Creatures Ice Cage Vanilla

Blue Removal Critique

Why don't you like Imprisoned in the Moon? While it is a very powerful removal spell blue has tons of Aura based removal that remove a creature as a threat. Ice Cage, Claustrophobia, and are the weaker end Ice Over and Illusory Wrappings. It just seems strange that Blue, the color of transformation, can't get a Darksteel Mutation type effect.

If it just turned a creature into the moon, it wouldn’t even be a bend. It’s the other card types that push it into bend territory.

Auras Bend / Break Blue Card Types Card Types Claustrophobia Colors Creatures Darksteel Darksteel Mutation Ice Cage Ice Over Illusory Wrappings Imprisoned in the Moon

Krasis Incubation Query

I love Krasis Incubation with a fierce passion, but I'm curious if there's any concern on your part about it being a color-pie bleed? Blue and green have had effects like this (Arachnus Web, Ice Cage) but always with a drawback.

It’s completely within green/blue color pie. Note that just because we haven’t done something exactly before doesn’t make it okay within the color pie.

Arachnus Web Blue Color Pie Colors Green Ice Cage Krasis Incubation Simic (G/U)

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